An Apple (Brandy) A Day Keeps the Doctor Away. Good news for the ladies, here: Researchers have uncovered more evidence that moderate drinking for ‘midlife’ women is linked to better long-term health. Women who drank five or more grams of alcohol (between one-third and one drink) per day, three to seven days per week, had a 50% better chance of healthy aging compared with non-drinkers (how’s that for specifics?). Drinking just one to two days a week was not linked to better health, however.

The study looked at 13,894 women age 70 or older; of these women, 1,491 were considered to have ‘aged successfully,’ with no heart disease, diabetes, chronic illness or other serious mental or physical decline. Type of alcohol the women consumed wasn’t specified.